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Bimini

Bimini

1 7.8
A folding cloth cover on a boat that gives shade
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪmɪni/
  • Specialized
: bimini
  • I've not conducted any trials but wouldn't think a canoe or a sit-on-top kayak would fare well with any type of cover, even a bimini style.
  • bimini top

All right, so we've got the Bimini top up now.

Examples

  • Lots of center console boats have bimini tops of various sizes.

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  • I am organizing to tie a bimini on the 30 lb major line and connect it to about 6 feet of 60 lb mono via an improved Albright knot.

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  • All right, so we've got the Bimini top up now.

  • Boss, aren't we Meeting the bimini ship?

  • Bruce assumed he was over bimini, bahama, but the radio controller told him he was actually over Miami beach, 50 miles away.

  • If Bruce wasn't warped by fog, what else might have happened over bimini 40 years ago?

  • Willard called the radio station from bimini when he found out about the robberies, and he said he'll give $100,000 to anyone who captures this guy.

  • In December 1970, 23-year-old Bruce took his father and his father's business partner on a short hop from andros island to bimini island in the Bahamas.

  • On sunny days, the captain raises the Bimini to protect passengers from the heat.

  • The boat's Bimini provides much-needed shade during long fishing trips.

How Protective

hardtop
4 4.9
canopy
  • Specialized
11 6.7
Bimini
  • Specialized
1 7.8

Surface Forms

Bimini singular
Biminis plural

Etymology

Bimini for a boat cover comes from the Bimini islands in the Bahamas, where sailors often used a simple canvas top to protect people from the sun. So a Bimini on a boat is the canvas roof that gives 'shade'.